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Old 02-27-01 | 01:52 PM
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Going off of Milkdog's Thread...

Best Show Ever?

For me...

1/2 Hour: MASH

1 Hour: HILL STREET BLUES

Old 02-27-01 | 01:57 PM
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I'd have to break into genres:

Comedy: Simpsons

Drama: Law & Order
Old 02-27-01 | 01:58 PM
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Originally posted by Red Dog
I'd have to break into genres:
Yeah, same thing.
Old 02-27-01 | 02:09 PM
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Comedy - Simpsons
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Old 02-27-01 | 02:22 PM
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Old 02-27-01 | 03:28 PM
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Comedy: I Love Lucy
Drama: EZ Streets
Old 02-27-01 | 03:37 PM
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Comedy: I Love Lucy
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Old 02-27-01 | 03:54 PM
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Ever since I read the title of this thread, I've had the theme to "The Simpsons" running through my head...
Old 02-27-01 | 04:08 PM
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Babylon 5.

Runnerups: The Simpsons, MASH, Cheers, My So-Called Life, hmmm...give me time to think of more.

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Old 02-27-01 | 04:11 PM
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comedy- Simpsons
drama- no friggin idea, don't watch it
Old 02-27-01 | 05:26 PM
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Mash or Dukes of Hazzard.
Old 02-27-01 | 06:02 PM
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Old 02-27-01 | 06:44 PM
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The X-Files, everything else is $hit IMO.
Old 02-27-01 | 06:55 PM
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Old 02-28-01 | 01:07 PM
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M*A*S*H with a doubt for me.

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Just curious, would anyone change their answers if the topic was qualified with Best Show Ever For One Season? I don't mean shows that lasted only only one season, but a show that for one season of its run, was simply outstanding, like the first season of Murder One. For my money, their first season was one of the best shows to ever grace the airwaves; it was riveting. After that,......eh.

IIRC, the first season of Hill Street Blues was better than any following season. And St. Elsewhere fans crow about the, I think, third season as being the best of the best.
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Seinfeld

I Love Lucy

M*A*S*H

What's Happening?
Old 02-28-01 | 03:52 PM
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THE FAMILY GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HANDS DOWN....RABBIT WINS THE RACE...CALL FOR "NO CONTEST"!!!!!! I have never laughed so hard at a show in my life. Anyone know when it will return (if it will)?

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Old 02-28-01 | 04:21 PM
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Old 03-01-01 | 02:55 AM
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Originally posted by Jobronie
Just curious, would anyone change their answers if the topic was qualified with Best Show Ever For One Season

I think my choice brings that up a bit. I picked EZ Streets, which was one for all of 8 episodes. But those were some great episodes.
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The correct answer is Twin Peaks.
(With Homicide a close second.)
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For me, it would be a tie between I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show. Both of these shows were pioneers in the situation comedy genre. Both set standards that most newer shows have tried to duplicate. Especially I Love Lucy, which invented most of the concepts we now associate with sit-coms.
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The Simpsons
The Twilight Zone

(I was wondering where guyot's been?)


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